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Bassols

lines on the record: 7
first: 2017-10-31
most recent: 2017-10-31
sittings or episodes: 1
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“We must increase our focus on victims. Many attacks are perpetrated by non-State actors, regardless of where they occur. Children used by terrorist groups or those affiliated with armed groups, as well as girls recruited for the purpose of sexual exploitation, must be considered victims and must be provided with rehabilitation programmes. There is an urgent need for demobilization, disarmament, reintegration and resettlement programmes aimed at systematically integrating the specific needs of children. With regard to the protection of Children, given the scale of the challenge, any single effort is inadequate. The international community and the Council can count on Spain to combat it.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“Today, we align ourselves with the policy statement delivered by the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, thereby reaffirming our national responsibility to prevent those types of attacks, which have serious consequences for children. In order to continue making progress in the protection of children in armed conflicts, Spain prioritizes, first, incorporating the protection of children in a cross-cutting manner in the mandates of the United Nations missions; secondly, adequately equipping the components that involve the protection of minors, and ensuring sufficient financing for their protection mandates and necessary dialogue with the missions' leadership; and, thirdly, strengthening capacities intended to shore up the legal and judicial system of the affected countries. Accountability is key to combating impunity.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“I take this opportunity today to announce that we will endorse the peacekeeping principles aimed at preventing the recruitment and use of child soldiers, which Canada has proposed and will be offered for adoption at the upcoming summit in Vancouver. I reaffirm our commitment to following up on resolution 2286 (2016), on attacks directed against medical personnel and hospitals, the effective implementation of which remains a challenge. Spain had the honour of participating in drafting the text of that resolution, which was adopted in 2016. We will continue working to implement and adapt the resolution in the coming weeks and months.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“In 2000 Spain signed and, in 2002, ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict shortly following its adoption. In February, we participated in the ministerial-level conference "Protecting Children From War", held in Paris, dedicated to the protection of children in armed conflict and celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Paris Commitments to protect children from unlawful recruitment or use by armed forces or armed groups. In addition, the following month we participated in the international Conference on Safe Schools held in Buenos Aires. Spain endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration in 2015.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“It therefore requires a scrupulous respect for the process of information-gathering by the United Nations, which must continue to be a transparent and neutral process. Spain expresses its support for the Secretary-General and for the work of his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict in order to ensure that the list continues to play its role of denunciation and as an offer of assistance to the parties of a conflict contained in it, with a view to their eventual delisting. That list must be accompanied by accurate information regarding the progress made by the parties included therein and the signing and implementation of action plans with specific commitments. Spain's commitment to the protection of children in armed conflicts is serious, firm and long-term.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“I also welcome the adoption today of presidential statement S/PRST/2017/21. I will focus my statement on an essential topic - the credibility of the list of those responsible for attacks against children and armed conflict. I will then briefly touch upon three issues: the commitment of Spain to this agenda, the attacks on doctors and hospitals, and the measures that we are proposing with respect to United Nations capabilities - thanks to which it can publish the robust reports it publishes - in terms of accountability of non-State actors. With respect to list annexed to the report of the Secretary-General, I would like to underscore that it is a very useful tool only to the extent that it is credible.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source
“Ms. Bassols (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): Spain aligns itself with the statements made on behalf of the European Union and the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict. Children and armed conflict is much more than a mere item on the Security Council agenda. It is a collective responsibility that, as States Members of the United Nations and as human beings, we all have the ethical imperative to address. In the face of the recruitment of minors, the bombing of schools, abductions, rapes and murders of children, we have to be unyielding and demand strict compliance with international humanitarian law and the resolutions of the Security Council. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2017/821) and the French presidency for organizing this open debate today.”
2017-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8082 (2017) · source